GROUP 4 TRAVEL DEVICE

1. CONSTRUCTION
Travel device consists travel motor and gear box.
Travel motor include counter balance valve, cross over relief valve.

Am A N B Bm

Dr Dr

Pi
Pi Pi

View A

Dr

Port Port name Port size

Pi
A Main port SAE 6000 psi
B Main port SAE 6000 psi
N Pi Gauge port PF 1/2
Am Bm
Dr Drain port PF 1
Negative brake
N release port PF 1/4
A B

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1) TRAVEL MOTOR(1/2)

111 742 741 709 707 702 708 461 545 547 472 705 461 303
121
568
123
567
122
116
131
202
452 568
113 567
272
107 464
485
101

491 103
304 451
435 507
471
102 506
105 505
506 511
507
504
510
509 461 501 114 201 502 503 508 512 546 509 461 533 531 572 571

101 Drive shaft 304 Seal cover 510 Back up ring

102 Roller bearing 435 Snap ring 511 O-ring
103 Needle bearing 451 Pin 2 512 Back up ring
106 Bearing spacer 452 Pin 1 531 Tilting spool
107 Snap ring 461 Plug 533 Tilting spring
111 Cylinder block 471 O-ring 545 Orifice
113 Spherical bushing 472 O-ring 546 Orifice
114 Cylinder spring 491 Oil seal 547 O-ring
116 Spacer 501 Tilting piston 571 Plug
121 Piston 502 Tilting piston 1 572 O-ring
122 Shoe 503 Stopper 705 Brake piston
123 Set plate 504 Stopper S 707 Piston ring 252
131 Valve plate 505 Tilting rod 708 Piston ring 278
201 Swash plate 506 Hex socket screw 709 Center pin
202 Swash plate support 507 Nu 741 Separator plate
272 Casing A 508 O-ring 742 Friction plate
303 Valve casing 509 O-ring

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 TRAVEL MOTOR(2/2)

362 022 361 402

366
364

365
711 712

485 713
464
710

350
E
714

702
Section E- E
E

401
567
568

541 543 542 567 568

022 C/B Spool sub assy 402 Hex socket screw 568 O - ring
350 Relief valve 464 VP plug 702 Brake piston
361 Washer 485 O - ring 710 Spring guide
362 C/B spring 541 Seat 711 Spool
364 C/B cover 542 Stopper 712 Bushing
365 O - ring 543 Steel ball 713 Spring
366 Hex socket screw 567 VP plug 714 RO plug
401 Hex socket screw

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 2) REDUCTION GEAR

30 6 27 7 1 31

4
26
46
11
5
45
10
24
32

42
9
25
12
21
15
44
19
18
36
32
16

20 41 22 13 20 36 17 14 23 20 37 8 35 33 2 29 34

1 Ring gear 16 Pin 2 31 Hex screw

2 Housing 17 Pin 3 32 Plug
4 Side cover 18 Side plate 33 Angular bearing
5 Carrier 1 19 Side plate 34 Floating seal
6 Carrier 2 20 Side plate 35 Shim
7 Carrier 3 21 Needle case 36 Spring pin
8 Bearing retainer 22 Needle case 37 Spring pin
9 Sun gear 1 23 Needle case 41 Set screw
10 Sun gear 2 24 Thrust ring 42 Shim
11 Sun gear 3 25 Thrust ring 44 Snap ring
12 Planetary gear 1 26 Thrust ring 45 Clip
13 Planetary gear 2 27 Shim 46 W clip
14 Planetary gear 3 29 Hex socket screw
15 Pin 1 30 Hex socket screw

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2. FUNCTION
1) ROTARY GROUP

Y
111 A 121

wi

ri F P
fi
wi
Ni

Shaft

Y
High pressure Low pressure

The high pressure oil sent by the hydraulic pump passes through the valve casing (303) and valve
plate(131) and is led into the cylinder block(111).
The motor has such construction that the above high pressure oil is led only to the cylinders on one
side in respect to the line Y-Y which connects the upper and lower dead points of the stroke of the
pistons(121).
The high pressure oil works on the piston(121) to push the swash plate with the force fi(fi = PźA,
where P : supply pressure, and A : pressure receiving area), and the force Fi is generated as its
reaction force. This Fi is divided by the swash plate(201) having a tilting angle ҋinto the thrust
component Ni and radial one Wi.
The Wi generates a torque Ti = Wi ź ri in respect to the line Y-Y.

The torque generated by each piston on the high pressure side is summed up into a resultant
torqueȐ(riźWi), which produces torque for rotation.
This torque gives a rotating force to the cylinder block(111) through the pistons.
Since the cylinder block is spline-coupled with the shaft, the rotating force is transmitted to the shaft
accordingly.

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2) COUNTERBALANCE VALVE

Am P Bm

L K

H Cv Cm
Dv

2'
1'

Av Bv

F G' Dm D' C' G E 1 M

Port Bv is connected to the hydraulic pump and Port Av, to the tank. The oil supplied from the
hydraulic pump passes through Bv, Cv and C' in sequence, pushes up the poppet of the check
valve, passes through K to Port Bm, and is supplied to the hydraulic motor to turn it.
Therefore, the pump discharge oil pressure increases, and the pressure is led via passage G to
spring room E and via the ball check valve to dumping room M. When the pressure in rooms E
and M exceeds the value equivalent to the force of the spring which holds the spool at its neutral
position, the spool begins to move left. Since the working oil in room N flows into room F via orifice
1' or clearance 2' and that in room F is discharged via passage G' through port Av to the tank, the
spool moves left to have passage L-Dm-D'-Dv composed. In addition, passage Cv-H-P is also
composed, and the pump discharge pressure in port Bv is led to port P.
Because of the orifice or clearance provided for the working oil flow from room N, this changeover
motion of the spool is comparatively slow.
When the pump discharge pressure is higher, the spool movement is larger and the above opening
area of the spool is larger.
When the pump discharge pressure falls, pressures in rooms E and M fall and the spool will move
right due to the spring on the room F side.
Since working oil in room M flows to room E via orifice 1 and that in room E, to port Bv via passage
G, the spool moves right.
When the pressure at port Bv falls down to the tank pressure, the pressure in room E also falls to
the tank pressure and becomes equal to that in room F, and so the spool returns to its neutral
position.

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3) DISPLACEMENT CHANGEOVER SECTION
As a supporting mechanism for the swash plate (201) on which the shoes (122) slide, the pillar
system is adopted to support the load with semi-cylindrical sliding bearings provided at both ends of
the mechanism.
The capacity is changed by changing the tilting angle of this swash plate.
This is a mechanism that has the tilting angle pistons arranged opposed to each other with the
swash plate inserted in between, and the tilting angle of the swash plate is decided in two positions
(Large and Small) by controlling the flows to and from these piston rooms with the displacement
changeover valve section.
(1) External pilot pressure : Pi = 0 Large displacement

Room B
Room A
External pilot pressure
Pi=0
Sb
B

A Sa

504 501 201 501 503 Drain P

531 571
533
High
pressure oil
High pressure
High pressure wotking oil
selector valve

By means of the built-in high pressure selector mechanism in the valve casing (303), the high
pressure oil working on the motor functions to port P of the displacement-changeover valve. This
pressure becomes the servo pressure. Since the spool (531) assembled in the displacement
changeover valve is pressed to plug (571) by thy spring (533), the high pressure oil at port P flows
to port Sa.
This high pressure oil flows from port Sa through the oil passage (passage A) in the valve casing
and casing (272) and works to room A.
The oil in room B flows through passage B and port Sb into the drain line.
With high pressure applied, the displacement-changeover piston (501) is pushed right and the
swash plate (201) moves in the arrowed direction around rotation center O. The swash plate
moves until it touches stopper L (503), and then is fixed there.

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(2) External pilot pressure : Pi ն 20kgf/cm2 small displacement

Room B
Room A
External pilot pressure
Pi ն20kgf.cm2
B Sb

A Sa

504 501 201 501 503 Drain P

531 571
533
High
pressure oil
High pressure
wotking oil
High pressure
selector valve

The force working on the spool (531) of the displacement-changeover valve becomes higher than
that of the spring (533), and the spool moves left. The high pressure oil flows from port P of the
displacement-changeover valve through port Sb and passage B to room B where it works.
The oil in room A flows through passage A and port Sa into the drain line.
The displacement piston (501) is pushed left by the high pressure oil and the swash plate moves
in the arrowed direction. The swash plate moves until it touched stopper S (504), and then is
fixed there.

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4) RELIEF VALVE
The relief valve mainly has the following two functions :
(1) To keep the starting pressure of the hydraulic motor at a constant value and bypass to the return
line excessive oil generated at the motor inlet depending upon the acceleration speed of the
driven inertia.
(2) To generate a brake pressure at the outlet during stopping of the driven inertia, and stop it
forcedly.

Port B

Port A

Poppet A

Seat A

Room A

The compartment A is always connected to port A of the motor.

When the pressure at port A increases and the force pushing poppet A is higher than the set
pressure of the spring, then poppet A is pushed up from the contact surface of seat A, and oil
flows from compartment A to port B.

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5) NEGATIVE BRAKE
The negative brake is released applying to the brake piston (702) the pressure led through the built-
in counterbalance spool sub-assembly (022).
With no pressure working, the brake force is always ensured.

272 709 741 742 702 705

303

111

101

The brake force is the friction force generated on the surfaces of the friction plates (742) spline-
coupled with the cylinder block, when their rotation is restricted by the casing (272), separator plate
(741), and brake piston all connected with the pins (709).
Without pressure being applied to the brake piston, the brake piston is pushed by ten brake springs
(705), and the friction plate and separator plate are held between the brake piston and casing.
This holding force functions as the friction force. This friction force restrains the shaft (101) spline-
coupled with the cylinder block, and thus functions the brake.

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6) PRESSURE RELEASE VALVE (flow control valve)

During running During stop

This brake is of a back pressure-insensitive type. In other words, since the counterbalance spool
used is overlapped at the neutral position, the pressure release valve prevents the circuit back
pressure from working into the brake room when the machine stops traveling and works, and so the
specified brake torque is available even on a slope.
During normal traveling, the pressure coming through the counterbalance valve is applied to the
brake room to release the break, and is also applied to the pressure release valve section.
This pressure release valve is of a constant differential pressure type, and irrespective of the
working pressure, the passing flow is constant and approximately 1 to 2 ֻ/ min.
When the condition changes from traveling to stop, the counterbalance spool returns to its neutral
position. With the counterbalance spool at its neutral position, the brake piston is pushed by the
brake spring, and the oil in the brake room flows to the motor drain line via the pressure release
valve. Then the brake torque is generated.

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7) RELEASING METHOD OF NEGATIVE BRAKE
In releasing the negative brake without applying the brake releasing pressure, follow the procedures
shown below.

Details of work Tools

Remove two plugs (464) from the valve casing (303). Double (single)-ended wrench (27mm)

Tighten an M16 screw of 130mm in length into a tapped hole of Hexagon bar spanner (14mm)
the brake piston (702), and pull out the brake piston. Then the
condition having the brake release pressure is attained and the
brake is released.

Note : Even with the negative brake released, the hydraulic motor will not turn. When it is difficult to
generate the working pressure due to failure of the pump or so, and the whole machine is to
be pulled for transportation without removing the hydraulic motor, connect pressure
measurement ports AM and BM with a short hose or something. Then the machine can be
pulled slowly.

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8) REDUCTION GEAR
The reduction gear is composed of a three-stage planetary gear mechanism shown in the following
figure. Since the sun gear is designed to have a floating mechanism, errors of the gears and
carrier pin hole pitches will not affect the gears' lives heavily.

R3 R2 R1

C3 C2 C1
P3 P2 P1

S3 S2
S1

The input rotation of the hydraulic motor is transmitted to No. 1 sun gear (S1) and this drives No. 1
planetary gears (P1). This No. 1 planetary gears (P1) drive No.1 ring gear (R1) with the same
force as the meshing tangential force with No. 1 sun gear (S1), and also No. 1 carrier (C1) with the
same force as the meshing reaction force. In other words, No. 1 planetary gears (P1) revolve
rotating. This rotation of No. 1 carrier (C1) becomes the output of the 1st stage, and is transmitted
directly to No. 2 sun gear (S2).
(No. 1 carrier is spline-coupled with No. 2 sun gear.) Similarly the revolution of No. 2 planetary gear
(P2) are transmitted via No.2 carrier (C2) to No. 3 sun gear (S3). Since No. 3 carrier (C3)
supporting No. 3 planetary gears (P3) are fixed, No. 3 planetary gears (P3) do not revolve, but
rotates to drive No. 3 ring gears (R3).
Therefore, the rotating case is driven by the overall driving torque of numbers.
1,2 and 3 ring gears. This reduction ratio is expressed as shown below:
(ZS1 + Zr1) (ZS2 + Zr2) (ZS3 + Zr3)
i= -1
ZS1ňZS2 ňZS3
where Z : Number of teeth of each gear
The direction of rotation is reverse to that of the input shaft.

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